StefanD

For €1.70, this offers a workable solution IMHO: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4174980

I bought it for about 10 euro's on Ebay. It's still available over there.

What a wonderful camera the LX100 is... Yesterday I filmed a 100 minutes school musical with it. Except from the irritating, artificial 15 minutes limit which forces me to stop and restart ...

The 1Ds II can be bought for a little more than the 5D classic and beats it in every aspect except size and weight.

Then you must be fairly new here :-)

For occasional use, I think this is a good alternative: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4174980

There is indeed something strange in the background. Looking at 100%, the bokeh looks absolutely fine, but when viewing the full photo's, the public in the background looks like it's warped. Never...

I was tempted by the TZ200, but did not like the low price.
Gladly Leica offers a great alternative!

That's right, but it does not seem that hard to remove. I'm going to follow this route to clean the sensor.

This is the drawing from the service manual And the part list indicating both the rubber (23) and tape (23-1) Instructions

Most probably iA mode uses a larger aperture than the other modes you use. Sensor dust becomes more visible at smaller apertures.

"Can PDAF sensors be made capable of high fms instruction speeds? Yes, easily. Can existing DSLR lenses use these speeds? No, as they weren't designed for it.
My point is that fast iterative focus...

I see no reason why PDAF could not perform such an iterative focus session. In fact, all "PDAF camera's" already do that when in continuous autofocus mode.

This is how DPReview describes the (on...

Well, what all photographers want is a photo that is "good enough". For some only perfection qualifies as such, but fact is that phones are good enough for an increasingly percentage of...

" But the thing that most struck me about the using RX100 VI was how often, when I showed my images to the strangers I'd just photographed, was how often I got a smile and a response along the...

Couldn't resist :-)
But I really wonder why you think a mirrorless version is needed. Not to say: what makes you think that these lenses (or any EF lens for that matter) are less-suited for...

Maybe I missed it, but I don't think there's a mirror in either lens.

Not sure what you want to say here... It's while looking through the viewfinder to follow your subject or composing your photo that an OVF has a speed and "natural look"  advantage. The split ...

When I look through the OVF of my Canon 1Ds II, I feel like am actually looking at the scene. Whenever I look through an EVF, I feel like watching a screen. The EVF I use is the one in my LX100, ...

Thanks Don. I'll go ahead as planned. I just got the TX3 driver and am now waiting for a new set of sensor cleaning swabs. Once I cleaned it I'll update this thread with the results.